Asia
Institute Events
Film Screening
Tuesday, April 28, 7:00–9:00 p.m.
Tuni Chatterji, director
39 Haines Hall
Co-sponsored
by Center for India and South Asia
Book
Talk
Wednesday, April 29, 6:00–8:00 p.m.
James Bradley, author
Moderated by R. Bin Wong, Distinguished Professor of
History and Director of the Asia Institute
Charles E. Young Research Library, Conference Room (11360)
Co-sponsored
by Asia Society Southern California
Registration
required to attend.
Donation
of $15 suggested.
April Asian Studies Spotlight Events at UCLA
Friday, April 3, 12:00–1:30 p.m.
From Sojourners to
Cosmopolitans: Narratives of Belonging Among Chinese Newcomer Immigrants in
Japan
Gracia Liu-Farrer, Waseda University, Japan
279 Haines Hall
Co-sponsored
by Asia Institute, International Institute, and Program on International
Migration
Center
for India and South Asia
Monday, April 6, 12:00–1:30 p.m.
Dr. Matthäus Rest, UCLA
10383 Bunche Hall
Terasaki
Center for Japanese Studies
Thursday, April 9, 3:30–5:00 p.m.
Marc Steinberg, Concordia University, Canada
243 Royce Hall
Center
for Korean Studies
Thursday, April 9, 7:00–10:00 p.m.
Royce Hall Auditorium
Hosted
by Hanoolim Korean Cultural Awareness Group
Free
tickets are required and can be reserved by emailing uclakcn@gmail.com (subject: “UCLA
KCN Ticket Will Call”) with the number of tickets requested (limit 2).
The
2015 Wilbur K. Woo Greater China Business Conference
Friday, April 10, 11:30 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
UCLA Anderson School of Management, Korn Convocation Hall
Co-sponsored
by Asia Institute, Center for Chinese Studies, and UCLA Anderson School of
Management
Center
for Southeast Asian Studies
Monday, April 13, 5:00–8:00 p.m.
2534 Melnitz Hall (Design Room Theater)
Co-sponsored
by Department of Film, Television and Digital Media
Center
for Korean Studies
Tuesday, April 14, 7:30–9:00 p.m.
Stephen Epstein, Victoria University of Wellington
Timothy Tangherlini, UCLA
314 Royce Hall
Co-sponsored
by the Scandinavian Section
Center
for Korean Studies and Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies
Friday, April 17, 2:00–5:00 p.m.
Featuring scholars from both Korea and Japan
Charles E. Young Research Library, West Electronic
Classroom, 2nd floor
Co-sponsored
by the Northeast Asian History Foundation
Fowler
Museum
Saturday–Sunday, April 18–19
Fowler Museum, Harry and Yvonne Lenart Auditorium
Co-presented
by the Seminar in Global Critical Humanities of the Department of Comparative
Literature at UCLA and the Institute for Comparative Literature and Society
at Columbia University
Free
and open to the public. The exhibition opening party on Saturday evening
requires RSVP by April 10 to fowlerRSVP@arts.ucla.edu.
Center
for Buddhist Studies and Center for Chinese Studies
Tuesday, April 21, 4:00–5:30 p.m.
Ruth Toulson, University of Wyoming
243 Royce Hall
Co-sponsored
by the Center for the Study of Religion
Center
for Chinese Studies
Tuesday, April 28, 4:30–6:00 p.m.
Carl Minzner, Fordham Law School
10383 Bunche Hall
Thursday, April 30, 5:30–7:00 p.m.
Nicolas Berggruen, Chairman of Berggruen Institute on
Governance and Berggruen Holdings
Ian Bremmer, President and Founder of Eurasia Group
Mitchell R. Julis, Co-Founder, Co-Chairman, and Co-CEO of
Canyon Partners LLC
Doubletree Hotel Downtown Los Angeles (120 S. Los Angeles
Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012)
Presented
by Asia Society Southern California and co-sponsored by UCLA Asia Institute,
USC Dornsife East Asian Studies Center, USC Center on Public Diplomacy, and
USC US-China Institute
Registration
required to attend. Tickets are $50 for Asia Society Members/Supporting
Organizations; $75 for general public; and a special rate of $100 to become
an Asia Society member and receive discounts for future events. Please register here.
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Asia Institute Member Centers
For
further information and announcements about research on campus, public
events, funding, and ongoing programs, please visit the UCLA Asia Institute website, or the centers'
individual websites.
Center for Buddhist
Studies
Center for Chinese Studies Center for India and South Asia Center for Korean Studies Center for Southeast Asian Studies Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies UCLA Program on Central Asia |
Summer Opportunity for UCLA Students
June
29–July 31
Hong
Kong University of Science and Technology
Application
Deadline: April 12
UCLA
undergraduate and graduate students are invited to attend the Jefferson Global
Seminars in 2015 as part of the UCLA-HKUST Student Exchange Program. UCLA
students will receive free enrollment. Students are responsible for travel
expenses, books, and some personal expenditures.
This
year, there will be five courses on an array of topics of global interest.
Courses are 4 credits each and are taught by UVa and HKUST faculty:
·
China in
Western Eyes
·
City and
Modernity
·
A New
History for a New China 1700–2000, Comparative Perspectives on Inequality
·
The
Nexus of Power: Warfare, Trade, and the State in Chinese History
·
Environmental
Economics and Environmental Problems in China
Eurasian
Empires Lecture
Thursday,
April 2, 4:00–5:30 p.m.
Rian
Thum, Loyola University New Orleans
10383
Bunche Hall
Co-sponsored
by the Center for Near Eastern Studies and the Center for Chinese Studies
Monday, April 13, 5:30 p.m.
Li
Yongxian, Sichuan University
Cotsen
Institute of Archaeology, Fowler Museum Building Room A222
Presented
by the UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology
Please
RSVP by April 9 to jsilton@ucla.edu.
Afghan
Studies Book Talk
Wednesday,
April 15, 4:00–5:30 p.m.
Brian
Glyn Williams, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
10383
Bunche Hall
Supported
with funding from the American Institute of Afghanistan Studies
Afghan
Studies Lecture
Monday, April 20, 4:00–5:30 p.m.
Mesrob
George Vartavarian, USC
10383
Bunche Hall
An
interdisciplinary discussion group sponsored by the UCLA Program on Central
Asia to encourage graduate student research on Central Asia by creating a space
where students and interested faculty can discuss research, theory and ideas
with others who have experience or interest in the region. UCLA students may
receive credit for the workshop by enrolling in HIST M287/ANTHRO M287R.
